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abigail adams, martha washington, betsy ross. martha washington, six. we're not going to get up to ten, are we? well, -- [inaudible] [laughter] [applause] that's another issue! [laughter] she would get an very interesting memoir. however, the point is there were a million women, at least, who were witnesses or involved in the american revolution, but we don't know that much about them. the accounts we have from those who are left and the perfect example among others are very scant. there's only a few hints. we know, for instance, there were women spies. we get a few sentences about that here and there. we know women during the lexington when the british were marching up. we know american patriot women threw hot oil on them. we only have scraps. aside from the women you mentioned, this was a frustration to me, a real frustration. so i was curious. i said there have to be more accounts. that's how i began writing the book. and the other, of course, this is intriguing which is consequences dent. and consequent there were two women five years apart who both
abigail adams, martha washington, betsy ross. martha washington, six. we're not going to get up to ten, are we? well, -- [inaudible] [laughter] [applause] that's another issue! [laughter] she would get an very interesting memoir. however, the point is there were a million women, at least, who were witnesses or involved in the american revolution, but we don't know that much about them. the accounts we have from those who are left and the perfect example among others are very scant. there's only...
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we saw bipartisanship in california and washington. the republican leadership and the democratic leadership came together to fight against of the one time they wanted to be about them. >> thank you kevin >> yes, sir. >> are we done? i think we are done. >> we just got the cut off.
we saw bipartisanship in california and washington. the republican leadership and the democratic leadership came together to fight against of the one time they wanted to be about them. >> thank you kevin >> yes, sir. >> are we done? i think we are done. >> we just got the cut off.
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the worst thing that washington could imagine, i'm talking about washington has become a city, capital, could imagine, was actually supporting anybody who youth, who had liberated slaves and was using them to fight a revolution. so it was very, the reputation began to get worse and worse because every, thus led i think, against bolivar come including the fact a lot of people were dying in this revolution, this bloody revolution didn't speak well for the whole enterprise. thank you. [applause] >> visit booktv.org to watch any of the programs you see here online. type the author or book title in the search bar on the upper left side of the page and click search. you can also shoot anything you see a booktv.org easily by clicking sure on the upper left side of the page and selecting the format. look tv streams live online for 40 hours every weekend with top nonfiction books and authors. booktv.org. ..
the worst thing that washington could imagine, i'm talking about washington has become a city, capital, could imagine, was actually supporting anybody who youth, who had liberated slaves and was using them to fight a revolution. so it was very, the reputation began to get worse and worse because every, thus led i think, against bolivar come including the fact a lot of people were dying in this revolution, this bloody revolution didn't speak well for the whole enterprise. thank you. [applause]...
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will something happen in washington? washington, those guys miss out on a lesson about taking their turn, control their e motion, doesn't act out, use your words, all that stuff in preschool instilling in kids. i don't know what is going to go on in washington. at the local districts when i'm talking to superintendent and school board members i think so. i think the story i am in telling about union city and other places as well focused on union city says it is a success story but it is a hard work story. you can do it if you are willing to put in the sweat equity to make it happen. that is the story and a lot of educators, you guys work really hard, are willing to make that happen. that is my hope. i write a book like this mostly as the entry ticket to a national conversation about how to build strong schools so if i can be useful in other places, if i can get a handful of people in other communities across the country to say we want to try this and talk to people in union city and talk to gordon mcginnis and do a whole
will something happen in washington? washington, those guys miss out on a lesson about taking their turn, control their e motion, doesn't act out, use your words, all that stuff in preschool instilling in kids. i don't know what is going to go on in washington. at the local districts when i'm talking to superintendent and school board members i think so. i think the story i am in telling about union city and other places as well focused on union city says it is a success story but it is a hard...
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as his fame grew, he was compared to george washington, called the george washington of south america, and there were good reasons why. most of them came from wealthy and influential families, both argument defenders of freedom, both heroic in war, but apprehensive of marshalling the peace, and both resisted efforts to make them kings. both claimed to want to return to private lives, but they were dragged into the public sphere of shapes governments, and both were accused, as we all know, of undo ambition. those are the similarities, and it lasted twice as long as washington. the territory covered was seven times as large and spanned an astonishing geographic diversity from crocodile gung les to the snow cap mountains of the andys. unlike the war, could not have been won without the aid of black and indian troupes. the success in rallying all races to the patriot cause was the turning point in a war for independence. it's fair to say that he fought both the revolution and the civil war. perhaps what reallystguhe men ce seen in the written work. washington's words were measuredded dign
as his fame grew, he was compared to george washington, called the george washington of south america, and there were good reasons why. most of them came from wealthy and influential families, both argument defenders of freedom, both heroic in war, but apprehensive of marshalling the peace, and both resisted efforts to make them kings. both claimed to want to return to private lives, but they were dragged into the public sphere of shapes governments, and both were accused, as we all know, of...
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later on, fast forward, i was in washington. anthony fisher camp through washington, looked the up and said hey, are around the world we got one that we think is going to be starting in sydney australia, greg lindsey has a center out there. said we want to do one both in new york and washington, kind of two offices, two bases because they should be covered at the politics. and we talked a lot of very seriously and it started developing. meantime i was an outside director of heritage and we had a meeting about december 76, november, december 76. frank was then the president of heritage and reminded the board he had made a two-year commitment to come in as the president of heritage and he wanted to go back to california. >> can't blame him for that. >> too many people want to move into california these days but back then it was a great spot and this was immediately post ronald reagan. california's economy was booming and it was one up -- he said why would you want to start a new one when you've been involved with heritage since th
later on, fast forward, i was in washington. anthony fisher camp through washington, looked the up and said hey, are around the world we got one that we think is going to be starting in sydney australia, greg lindsey has a center out there. said we want to do one both in new york and washington, kind of two offices, two bases because they should be covered at the politics. and we talked a lot of very seriously and it started developing. meantime i was an outside director of heritage and we had...
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leaving washington d.c. traveling to virginia, north carolina, south carolina georgia alabama and mississippi on our way to new orleans with the probability of being arrested or jailed and that is what happened i was selected as one of the original freedom riders. we met in washington d.c. on may may 1, 1961. i was 21 years old and i was a few pounds lighter then. we went through a period of training orientation and i will never forget it. on may 3, 1961 we all went down to a chinese restaurant in washington d.c.. i had grown up in rural alabama and attended school in nashville tennessee. i never had chinese food, never been to a chinese restaurant and that night we had a wonderful meal. someone said you should eat well because this may be like the last supper. the next day on may 4, 1961 half of the group boarded a greyhound bus and the other half a trailways bus. the first incident occurred in charlotte north carolina won the young black man attempted to get a shoe shine and end all white waiting room that
leaving washington d.c. traveling to virginia, north carolina, south carolina georgia alabama and mississippi on our way to new orleans with the probability of being arrested or jailed and that is what happened i was selected as one of the original freedom riders. we met in washington d.c. on may may 1, 1961. i was 21 years old and i was a few pounds lighter then. we went through a period of training orientation and i will never forget it. on may 3, 1961 we all went down to a chinese restaurant...
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as result washington could safely ignore the people. so when a general petraeus or secretary gates would say, this is an issue that harms us, it was possible to respond but yes, we have is pliable, weak, dependent governments without domestic legitimacy. we can push them around and do as we please. it follows, however, that is, this is an enormously big ef, if fundamental and lasting democratization takes place in the arab world as it hasn't be sure, as in south asia, southeast asia, as it has in latin america, as it has in east asia, if it begins to happen in the air war, and i'm sick fundamental and lasting democratization, a day of reckoning could come for u.s. policy on palestine. we don't know if this'll happen. we can see the precarious situation in egypt and tunisia and libya and yemen, see the god-awful situation in syria. we have seen, and the situation in bahrain. it's clear there have been almost no impacts on most of the oil boppers of the oil gulf. however, if change begins to happen in this direction and if the policies of
as result washington could safely ignore the people. so when a general petraeus or secretary gates would say, this is an issue that harms us, it was possible to respond but yes, we have is pliable, weak, dependent governments without domestic legitimacy. we can push them around and do as we please. it follows, however, that is, this is an enormously big ef, if fundamental and lasting democratization takes place in the arab world as it hasn't be sure, as in south asia, southeast asia, as it has...
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washington to the modern jazz quartet. there was a very funny construct and he managed to draw black folks in a way that was not stereotypical so there were ways around it and it's there as a problem and as a line that when one goes over it goes over apparel. >> is the market a free society to allow people that engage in this kind of political cartooning and the idea is to provoke the cartoons and images can become very dangerous and we think about cartoons of the characters for example in world war ii how that incite hatred and violence he and i wonder if you could comment on that. >> i'm sorry if i didn't show it. somehow it didn't find its way onto the slide show but i have in the book the cartoon humor which was worse and they would run with noses and slobbering and fat and all of the -- and these images were on the covers and in those days these covers would be on every street corner. and they said the image of the issue for germans who were not jews and they contribute to that think ultimately for the terrible things
washington to the modern jazz quartet. there was a very funny construct and he managed to draw black folks in a way that was not stereotypical so there were ways around it and it's there as a problem and as a line that when one goes over it goes over apparel. >> is the market a free society to allow people that engage in this kind of political cartooning and the idea is to provoke the cartoons and images can become very dangerous and we think about cartoons of the characters for example...
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i was in washington, d.c. last month were ann coulter in front of 1400 students that are all very enthusiastic about free market liberty. i think the current people in power in the current paradigm are just not, they are not grasping the honest enthusiasm that a great number of people in my generation have for these ideas. we just haven't seen the honest arbiters of these ideas within the republican party. as to your question, or the issue that you raised about how we actually begin selling these ideas to the american public, i think that the lesson has been very effective at being -- the left has been very effective, and our philosopher and inherit negative on we are the party of no. and to a certain extent i am happy being a member of the party of no when we are saying no to bad ideas. i don't think it is just enough to say no to bad ideas but i think we ar have to be able to provide a positive vision for what it is without you want to see happen, how it is our ideas we believe rightly i think can positively
i was in washington, d.c. last month were ann coulter in front of 1400 students that are all very enthusiastic about free market liberty. i think the current people in power in the current paradigm are just not, they are not grasping the honest enthusiasm that a great number of people in my generation have for these ideas. we just haven't seen the honest arbiters of these ideas within the republican party. as to your question, or the issue that you raised about how we actually begin selling...
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the first day we arrived in washington d.c. we parked outside of our new house and the neighbors came out and as you would expect, they said you have got to move your car. we said why? because you part facing the direction of traffic and in brussels we could park in the middle-of-the-road and nobody cares. actually in britain as well. facing the direction of travel is a wholly american rule and it really actually does impinge on your freedom to park as you would care to part with you as an american will know that impingement on your freedom is a good thing because it allows gentle and be able suburban american life to carry on as it should do. it strikes me and it still strikes me that what you've managed to do in your summers, back retailing of peoples freedom but also allowing them and encouraging them to do their own thing whether they volunteer and all the aspects of suburbia which you can see a big part of the american experience, that melding of the two together is enormously important and actually it's in the suburbs of
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it was what was going on in washington. it was not national. i have watched that transition away from this idea of bipartisanship, the last bipartisan -- truly bipartisan era that we had was with clinton and gingrich, and we saw what could be accomplished. it started off a little rocky. but both sides recognized very quickly that if there were going to it -- tackle the debt and deficit, try to work toward a balanced budget, if they're really wanted to begin to work at the water's edge on internal reform or entitlement programs like welfare, that they would have to do this thing called consensus. it would have to find that sweet spot. in 2000 all that changed and we became rich state simply states. the strategy implemented by a call rose and the team and that presidential cycle set up this paradigm of us versus them, read verses blue, conservative versus liberal. overlay with this idea of compassionate conservatism, but the underlay was in your face. so i have concluded that in the last ten, 12 years this sense of bipartisanship no longer exists
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but the debate we have in washington raises the eligibility age to increase the premiums. health care industry since the entitlement that i believe is what is driving medicare over the cliff and as you listen to the debate in the coming months and years this is an issue you might want to keep in mind and decide for yourself what you think. for residents in this room and the young physicians, what does the future looks like? while this gives you the reality of the overall context of what you were working you should also know that there are many extraordinary places in this country where you can practice good medicine. you have to look and find them but they're out there. i was just in maine last week giving a talk i met some of the most extraordinary young physicians who were practicing medicine the way good ethical positions would have wanted young people to practice to have a career like that. it is possible but you have to look for it. inclosing a like to remind us of why we're all here, what medicare was established for and the patient and this is a'' i took from muhamm
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is that one of the hotel rooms in washington? >> guest: exactly. >> host: he looks all alone in this great degree. is he all alone in this great big rimmed? >> guest: no. there are people behind me. you know, half a dozen maybe evil scattered about. not a ton of people. >> host: in 2007, visitors to the white house. >> guest: yes. queen elizabeth and prince philip visited the white house, and this was prior to a black tie dinner hosted by the president and mrs. bush in the yellow oval room which is in the residents. and so they are just talking before going down to dinner. and trying to shove the grandeur of it all. the yellow oval room is so beautiful. it's really a great place to photograph. >> host: i want to ask if this is significant at all. princeville seem to have a drink in his hand. but it looks like the queen might have put her drink down over on the table. did you happen to notice that at all since he wasn't photographed with a drink in her hand. >> guest: i did notice that. i'm not sure what that is. >> host: either y
is that one of the hotel rooms in washington? >> guest: exactly. >> host: he looks all alone in this great degree. is he all alone in this great big rimmed? >> guest: no. there are people behind me. you know, half a dozen maybe evil scattered about. not a ton of people. >> host: in 2007, visitors to the white house. >> guest: yes. queen elizabeth and prince philip visited the white house, and this was prior to a black tie dinner hosted by the president and mrs....
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>> it's familiar in washington today. it is more divided than it was then, but the anger and resentment and so forth developed by with a chorus of the nixon years and the watergate scandal was still very much present and the press was -- the media was full of themselves briefly. feeling good and aggressive and the political system was reconsidering because of watergate 40 years of cold war history looking back on things held secret and would have been possible for them not to be secret by a vast majority during those years. it's like reliving 40 years of history without worrying what made us afraid. and so, all of that stuff had come out and for reasons because of the way the watergate situation develop, involving the cia things and so forth, and all got completed together. so part of the challenge for edward and gerald ford recognizes to do two things. one is to change the environment and restore people's sense within the institution and then in the larger population restore the confidence of justice on the square and im
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washington, much too young then. i would like to bring this back to what the young lady was talking about, mr. roosevelt. in my own case i know my mother and father when they learned of mr. roosevelt's death. and commemorating the debt by setting seven days. and this date has never been corrected. and the argument about mr. roosevelt that were written about him, it is true he didn't do much to save the jews but he did more than anybody else and that is ridiculous because everybody else did zero. and mr. roosevelt did very little aside from st. louis. the captain of that ship, not a jew but a german. and once they were allowed, went to the coast of miami. people can still see the lights shining in miami and the government refused to let them in. everybody knew what was going on in the european theater. no question about it. these people were turned around. and this was in belgium and portugal and other countries which affect, most of them in concentration camps, over 230, almost a thousand, which did save them. millio
washington, much too young then. i would like to bring this back to what the young lady was talking about, mr. roosevelt. in my own case i know my mother and father when they learned of mr. roosevelt's death. and commemorating the debt by setting seven days. and this date has never been corrected. and the argument about mr. roosevelt that were written about him, it is true he didn't do much to save the jews but he did more than anybody else and that is ridiculous because everybody else did...
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the river came in much closer than what it does now what is now washington, that was the neck from the south into boston and this was an island but one of dozens that occupied gigantic boston harbor. they had the men of war and other ships scattered throughout the harbor in strategic areas and kept them open so they could get provisions whether from england or from canada and this meant even though they were completely surrounded by land, boston as the british occupied garrison would not starve. it became a stalemate that erupted into violence with the battle of bunker hill june 17, 1775. this was a battle like none other. a terrifying spectator even into not only for those living in boston but for all of the roof were filled with people watching as more than 2,000 british regulars made their way across the harbor, the charles river to begin the assault that would be wrapped into the battle of bunker hill. this was viewed by everyone there then settle into this stalemate to have george washington arrived to change everything and eventually march 17, 1776, the british would be forced to
the river came in much closer than what it does now what is now washington, that was the neck from the south into boston and this was an island but one of dozens that occupied gigantic boston harbor. they had the men of war and other ships scattered throughout the harbor in strategic areas and kept them open so they could get provisions whether from england or from canada and this meant even though they were completely surrounded by land, boston as the british occupied garrison would not...
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the ability to lew disagree agreeably is the way this country can get back and what is going on in washington today is so dysfunctional, so impossible to comprehend that i have friends who are members of congress who are afraid to be seen socially talking to members of the other party. so let me conclude by telling you a good story for a momentous inspirational moment occurred between bill clinton and george w. bush know how experienced i have been to walk through and revisiting the great life of president nixon. i change my ending to these remarks by wanting to tell you the true story. it is the spring of 2004 and the hatred, the horrible word toward george w. bush for going into iraq for his tax cuts and other policies that offended democrats and that i did not agree with that was in such a fever that it reminded me of the zero worst days of the gate machine against bill clinton except this time it was my side against george bush and having great affection in high regard i was very uncomfortable with the level of pay at dinner parties among democrats. and so there came a moment when preside
the ability to lew disagree agreeably is the way this country can get back and what is going on in washington today is so dysfunctional, so impossible to comprehend that i have friends who are members of congress who are afraid to be seen socially talking to members of the other party. so let me conclude by telling you a good story for a momentous inspirational moment occurred between bill clinton and george w. bush know how experienced i have been to walk through and revisiting the great life...
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now in washington d.c. and she was asked by president roosevelt to write a description of what volunteer women would do in the war, was -- because they needed the men to be able to fight and fly airplanes. and they wanted women to do the desk jobs, and they began also to be pilots, the wasps also were part of world war ii training pilots to fly. and ovita set up a plan, and roosevelt looked at it and said you have to be the head of this. and she said, oh, no, no, i'm going back to houston where i belong. and her husband, william, found out about that and said, no, your country's calling, and you need to be there. so she did that, and that's where she met eisenhower. and she so admired eisenhower after meeting him and seeing what he did in the war that then she became the head of texans for eisenhower when he ran for president. and if you ever want to hear kind of some tongue in cheek stories, ask bill hobby, who was a teenager at the time and went to his first and only republican convention -- [laughter] ab
now in washington d.c. and she was asked by president roosevelt to write a description of what volunteer women would do in the war, was -- because they needed the men to be able to fight and fly airplanes. and they wanted women to do the desk jobs, and they began also to be pilots, the wasps also were part of world war ii training pilots to fly. and ovita set up a plan, and roosevelt looked at it and said you have to be the head of this. and she said, oh, no, no, i'm going back to houston where...
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fist day arriving in washington, d.c., we parked outside our new house, and the neighbors came round and welcomedded us as you expect, but they said, you have to move your car. why? because you parkedded facing the direction of traffic, and we lived in brussels where you park in the middle of the road and nobody cares. .. >> there a lot of aspects that you can see. that may be part of the two together. i think actually, it is in the suburbs of the united states. in a but in a way, you have the biggest interactions on how to live. >> host: what about efficiencies? are americans efficient
fist day arriving in washington, d.c., we parked outside our new house, and the neighbors came round and welcomedded us as you expect, but they said, you have to move your car. why? because you parkedded facing the direction of traffic, and we lived in brussels where you park in the middle of the road and nobody cares. .. >> there a lot of aspects that you can see. that may be part of the two together. i think actually, it is in the suburbs of the united states. in a but in a way, you...
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do you remember what time you got back to washington? >> guest: we ended up flying into washington very late in the afternoon, and we -- the president, you know, got aboard marine one and landed on the south lawn, and the rest of the staff including me were in vans that headed to the white house. and so by the time i caught up with the president, he was down in the peoc, the presidential emergency operations center, under the white house which i didn't know existed at that stage until that day. and that's where he was having his first face-to-face meetings with the vice president, with his national security team in reaction to the attacks. >> host: eric draper, what time of the day was this photo taken on 9/11? >> guest: that was probably early evening, you know, 7:30, 8:00. this was before the president addressed the nation from the oval office. and, yeah, so the day still was not over. yeah, very long day. >> host: march 2003 you have this photo of the president walking outside. >> guest: yeah. this was the moment -- in terms of like i
do you remember what time you got back to washington? >> guest: we ended up flying into washington very late in the afternoon, and we -- the president, you know, got aboard marine one and landed on the south lawn, and the rest of the staff including me were in vans that headed to the white house. and so by the time i caught up with the president, he was down in the peoc, the presidential emergency operations center, under the white house which i didn't know existed at that stage until...
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washington to get there someone wearing a wire and it's having a healthy thing to do. i want to say a few things and hopefully take a bunch of questions and i'm happy to send the book and so forth. i have to start by confessing i'm really gratified all of you came to a book party when i'm not even a real author. according to some, i am a cranky old man who got lost somewhere in 700 pages to air at least according to professor krugman. so i am politically incorrect, but i have to say when i did the times piece on sunday and the reaction came immediately not only from an, but many of his fellow travelers, all of a sudden the book took off. i was amazed. a 700 page book has a lot of great history and so forth in may. normally you would think that would go right up to number five on the amazon list in one day, the first day. this is not to brag because i want to point out what is ahead of me. there were two diet cokes in front of me and one called the walking dead, which is a novel of horror stories. what i think is this really is a diet book about the national diet they w
washington to get there someone wearing a wire and it's having a healthy thing to do. i want to say a few things and hopefully take a bunch of questions and i'm happy to send the book and so forth. i have to start by confessing i'm really gratified all of you came to a book party when i'm not even a real author. according to some, i am a cranky old man who got lost somewhere in 700 pages to air at least according to professor krugman. so i am politically incorrect, but i have to say when i did...
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i sat in washington d.c. the three, four, five and he walked me through how you survive from day one and that's the best amount of time i spent. he came in and said as a former chief justice of the arkansas supreme court who would you praise him and he very aesthetic to the plate of a lot of people in prison. i walked out of prison not angry and i did walk out of prison thinking of the former congressman now. i walked out feeling a bond with a lot of people in any detail that in this book and i have because things are going on inside these walls. i didn't expect anybody to have sympathy for me. i have the ability to the network and stand here today. by the ability to be in television, have writers with radio and print media and i could write a book and tell my story. a lot of people don't have a voice inside those walls. we are not rehabbing them. we are warehousing. this government under the current industry should have statistics that they took the drug dealers and put them away. ironically became friends t
i sat in washington d.c. the three, four, five and he walked me through how you survive from day one and that's the best amount of time i spent. he came in and said as a former chief justice of the arkansas supreme court who would you praise him and he very aesthetic to the plate of a lot of people in prison. i walked out of prison not angry and i did walk out of prison thinking of the former congressman now. i walked out feeling a bond with a lot of people in any detail that in this book and i...
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and the reason that washington, d.c. has done so incredibly well in recent years isn't because we're so openhanded with federal employees, but because of all the sort of highly visible reasons, david, that you no doubt noticed on your way in from the airport. when you see the buildings marked bechtel and general dynamics, and what i'm referring to is the massive contracting out of government services, of public functions that we do today as a political matter of course. plus all the soft money contributions which all, you know, gravitate to here, of course, plus all the lobbying, all the efforts to put government on what president bush used to call a market-based footing. all the things that david in his new book refers to simply as prescribe ri. and i think that -- bribery. and i think that's very apt. we're going to talk about that at some point. but i think as we're gathered here today to mourn the passing of one of the great leaders of the conservative revolution -- i'm referring to margaret thatcher, of course -- i
and the reason that washington, d.c. has done so incredibly well in recent years isn't because we're so openhanded with federal employees, but because of all the sort of highly visible reasons, david, that you no doubt noticed on your way in from the airport. when you see the buildings marked bechtel and general dynamics, and what i'm referring to is the massive contracting out of government services, of public functions that we do today as a political matter of course. plus all the soft money...
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there are in fact programs in washington. enable war college one program in washington that is very valuable. it's in one of these seminar programs. it's where very high percentage of congressional staffers learned whatever it is they know about security. many of them came out of oberlin college with a degree in literature and now find themselves dealing on the art services committee and they take this business education program and really gave it a stronger background than they would have otherwise. there is certain value to it but the war college themselves, the way people attend is buried by service. the air force and army, you are able to attend a resident program based on selection and promotion and it varies by service. their best and brightest as demonstrated by their operational jobs and not by their academics. the navy, on occasion they may find themselves on a ship on friday and the war college the following friday because they needed to fill a seat. some of them quite frankly are very annoyed at being there and don
there are in fact programs in washington. enable war college one program in washington that is very valuable. it's in one of these seminar programs. it's where very high percentage of congressional staffers learned whatever it is they know about security. many of them came out of oberlin college with a degree in literature and now find themselves dealing on the art services committee and they take this business education program and really gave it a stronger background than they would have...
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george washington teamed up in the envelopes. before we had a country that woodrow wilson in the first world war of monitor all occasions from the united states to the settings and the second world war roosevelt on december the 18th started the aggressive program and said the idea that there were inherent powers of the presidency related to the defense of the country was a pretty robust idea and our culture for a long for a long time a long time individualists believe the president has inherent powers. the question i think is worthy of consideration is that the president does have inherent power to defend the country for national security reasons, is that power and then do both at the constitutional power by a mere statute or can a statute only enhance within the constitution rather than limit the power of the constitution? the suggestion, which is an unsigned opinion, but i think we know that members of the court and they were unanimous in the approaches the powers of the president constitutionally could not be limited by the fi
george washington teamed up in the envelopes. before we had a country that woodrow wilson in the first world war of monitor all occasions from the united states to the settings and the second world war roosevelt on december the 18th started the aggressive program and said the idea that there were inherent powers of the presidency related to the defense of the country was a pretty robust idea and our culture for a long for a long time a long time individualists believe the president has inherent...
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[laughter] and it reminded me of one of my rules that washington, d.c. is 60 square miles surrounded by reality. [laughter] [applause] the chapter on capitalism i wrote because i was worried that people in business, first of all there are very few people in government have ever been in business because it's hard. it's easy for an academic to go into business. they can leave and come back to the world. it's easy for a lawyer to go into government and then come out. it's very hard for a business person if they're a small businessperson, it's their business and they have to be there. if there any large corporation, then they get knocked off the ladder and they are out. and it's very hard to reenter. and as a result of people in business who don't, i will admit, confession is good for the soul my wife tells me, but if you're in government looking at business, you understand it intellectually. but it's one dimensionally. you don't have any idea what delay does if you're in government, what government delay does to business but you don't have any idea what unc
[laughter] and it reminded me of one of my rules that washington, d.c. is 60 square miles surrounded by reality. [laughter] [applause] the chapter on capitalism i wrote because i was worried that people in business, first of all there are very few people in government have ever been in business because it's hard. it's easy for an academic to go into business. they can leave and come back to the world. it's easy for a lawyer to go into government and then come out. it's very hard for a business...
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[laughter] and it reminded reid of my roles that washington d.c. is 60 square miles surrounded by reality. [laughter] [applause] >> i was sorry that people in business because it is hard it is easy for the academic to go into business but it is hard for a business person. in a larger corporation to get knocked off the ladder it is hard to be entered and i it committed. confession is good for the soul but if you are in government looking at business you don't feel the impact of the regulations. i send my taxes in every year and i always add a letter to whom it may concern coming here are my taxes. i want you to know i don't have the vaguest idea if they are accurate. [laughter] i went to college i have average intelligence my wife knows that she does not understand and that is the case and i hope they are right to if they have any questions give us a call. can you imagine a lousy tax system like that? it is inexcusable. how many people here understand their taxes? i don't see many hands. but i was in business and a businessman, a large company has s
[laughter] and it reminded reid of my roles that washington d.c. is 60 square miles surrounded by reality. [laughter] [applause] >> i was sorry that people in business because it is hard it is easy for the academic to go into business but it is hard for a business person. in a larger corporation to get knocked off the ladder it is hard to be entered and i it committed. confession is good for the soul but if you are in government looking at business you don't feel the impact of the...
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as he rose to an episcopalian sunday school teacher in washington d.c. in 1927, quote, the foundations of our society and government rest so much on the teachings of the bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith and its teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country. coolidge called for a religious revival in his day and i think he would argue even in our own. religious teachings about how man should live need to be universal for america's republic to in door. we should remember coolidge was not sectarian, his fine speeches were given to jewish groups and catholic groups that would not necessarily have agreed with his more protestant orientation. he did think religion was important as being a = citizen. in coolidge's you we can reduce man's quality for reason and revelation and we can go to the project of instituting a government where men serve one another. on this point coolidge quoted the theologians of the founding, john weiss who wrote democracy, government, church and state, printed in 1772 and according to coolidg
as he rose to an episcopalian sunday school teacher in washington d.c. in 1927, quote, the foundations of our society and government rest so much on the teachings of the bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith and its teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country. coolidge called for a religious revival in his day and i think he would argue even in our own. religious teachings about how man should live need to be universal for america's republic to in door....
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i'm the managing partner of the washington law firm, and when we -- i came aboard the firm about a year and a half ago after having done other things for awhile. one of the first things i wanted to do when orders were to light up the washington office because i reached out to lanny davis, and the times appeared to be right. that was the coming together, and that was before i got the convincing the coming together of the boards. everyone knew who he was. everyone had seen him on television. they said, how's that work? i think the answer is in first of all, the mutual respect built up in a decade of working to the on various kinds of projects, some of which were in the news, .nmewe he's good enough that they probably won't be. that level of trust, i think, is an embodiment of the pup l the chairman and congressman cummings talked about in that our objective is not to advance partisan mission, even though lanny's famously a democrat, and i nevertheless is a long term republican. working with lanny, since he came aboard, they bought off on it, and it's great, great fun ever since, and we ho
i'm the managing partner of the washington law firm, and when we -- i came aboard the firm about a year and a half ago after having done other things for awhile. one of the first things i wanted to do when orders were to light up the washington office because i reached out to lanny davis, and the times appeared to be right. that was the coming together, and that was before i got the convincing the coming together of the boards. everyone knew who he was. everyone had seen him on television. they...
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>> guest: i fly to washington, and i walk in, there's packed room at the fda meeting. and i listen as people who have loved, you know, lost their loved ones testify about this drug and how they had no idea that they should have signed consent forms to allow their loved ones to be injected with this drug. they had no idea that they were getting the high dose and not the fda-approved dose. the stories were astonishing. and there was one woman in particular that i met who lost her high school sweetheart, jim lennox, and he died in the most horrific way which was blood streaming out of his mouth, his nose, his ears, gasping for breath -- >> host: on the family couch. >> guest: on the family couch. he had almost beat cancer, but instead he died from the very thing that was supposed to help him. >> host: and she and you attribute his death directly to his use of epo? >> guest: she definitely does. she's talked with doctors and scientists who also agree with her. and the sad thing about this particular case is that sharon lennox did not have enough money to go get an autopsy
>> guest: i fly to washington, and i walk in, there's packed room at the fda meeting. and i listen as people who have loved, you know, lost their loved ones testify about this drug and how they had no idea that they should have signed consent forms to allow their loved ones to be injected with this drug. they had no idea that they were getting the high dose and not the fda-approved dose. the stories were astonishing. and there was one woman in particular that i met who lost her high...
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the fbi -- there was nothing in "the washington post" that the fbi didn't know sometimes days, weeks, months before the period in the -- before it appeared in the post. >> how premeditated do you believe mr. felt was in regards to his leaking? >> completely premeditated. and, in fact, one of the things i discover is he leak today a time magazine reporter named sandy smith more than he ever leak today woodward. woodward, you have to remember, was a cub reporter, almost wet behind the ears. felt didn't know if he could trust him, and, in fact, he couldn't trust him because woodward betrayed the secret of felt's existence. >> why continue the relationship over the years if he felt he couldn't trust woodward? >> well, it ended in '73. it didn't -- and felt was very upset. i mean, that's one of the things woodward is honest about, was how upset felt was with "all the president's men." you know, he stopped talking to woodward. >> and in regards to today, we look at, you're looking at the current administration. is there a mark felt that, is there still a chance that mark felt can exist out
the fbi -- there was nothing in "the washington post" that the fbi didn't know sometimes days, weeks, months before the period in the -- before it appeared in the post. >> how premeditated do you believe mr. felt was in regards to his leaking? >> completely premeditated. and, in fact, one of the things i discover is he leak today a time magazine reporter named sandy smith more than he ever leak today woodward. woodward, you have to remember, was a cub reporter, almost wet...
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that's how they were to appear over new york city and washington, d.c.. the planes were designed to be versatile, torpedo bombers, dive bombers, drop conventional bombs, but one of the most versatile qualities they had was that their wings and their horizontal and vertical tail stabilizers could fold up so the plane made a small enough package to pit in a deck hanger that was only 11 feet, six inches in diameter. this is not a small plane. if a man was standing next to the plane in the photograph, his head would just about reach the top of that bottom pontoon. they were large aircraft. the most shocking aspect of these aircraft was that they were painted to look like u.s. military aircraft. this was done to make it easier to slip past u.s. air defses. the japanese believed by disguising the plaps, they could buy time to reach targets before they were discovered. all in all, it's a pretty hollywood type mission, not something you'd actually expect somebody to dream up in the course of a war. >> [inaudible] >> pardon me? >> [inaudible] that's the deck hange
that's how they were to appear over new york city and washington, d.c.. the planes were designed to be versatile, torpedo bombers, dive bombers, drop conventional bombs, but one of the most versatile qualities they had was that their wings and their horizontal and vertical tail stabilizers could fold up so the plane made a small enough package to pit in a deck hanger that was only 11 feet, six inches in diameter. this is not a small plane. if a man was standing next to the plane in the...
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smoker is on a list but the influence is weaker than it used to be used to be the most powerful lobby in washington d.c.. the tobacco institute was a stone's throw you could stand on the roof to throw a rock and hit the white house. that has been disbanded by loss of their -- they're no longer allowed to lobby in the same way or the same energy they use to. there were 10 senators said appeared in tobacco ads and that has disappeared but they still have political force in.is exerted globally rather than nationally. they could attack packaging losses using free trade as an instrument to punish any renegade country that would come out against tobacco. they have a tremendous war chest because profits are so high. people $10,000 of philip morris stock in 1958 is worth $50 million today so these are still the most powerful companies in the world to love morris international law hundred $50 billion company they are very popular and printing money because the cigarette is paper wrapped in paper wrapped in paper with a war chest to influence government that is why we smokes $6 trillion. that is 350 million
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that was up pattern that george washington established by naming it john j. as the first chief justice of the united states but the constitution and article three does not say that it just says there should be one supreme court and the judicial article does not even mention the chief justice or describe any functions we only learned there is a post because elsewhere in the constitution it says that chief justice shout preside over the senate trial of impeachment so it could have been otherwise. there were some -- six justices he could have named six and rotated, whenever. but being what it is from the very beginning got locked into that. with the federal courts of appeal the chief judge is the senior among those who have not yet reached the age of 65. >> i suggest that the office of the role is not as important then why could we not develop a system where the chief justice is in fact, the senior justice? been right there would be nothing unconstitutional about that if you are in the original list. or if you go by the intent of the framers obviously they seem
that was up pattern that george washington established by naming it john j. as the first chief justice of the united states but the constitution and article three does not say that it just says there should be one supreme court and the judicial article does not even mention the chief justice or describe any functions we only learned there is a post because elsewhere in the constitution it says that chief justice shout preside over the senate trial of impeachment so it could have been otherwise....
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. >> john go hagen recalls the failed japanese attempt to bomb new york city and washington, dc after pearl harbor. >> i'm john go hagen and i'd like to start the presentation with a question. does anybody in the audience tonight know who this is? say that again? >> yamamoto. the commander-in-chief of the japanese nave, and thard miller was a fascinating guy for those who don't know him. he lived in the united states twice during his naval career. he spoke pretty good english. he attended harvard university briefly. >> could you elevate the microphone slightly? it's very uneven. >> sure. is that better? this way? [inaudible conversations] >> so, as i said, he attended harvard briefly. he even read life magazine. so, yamamoto had a good understanding of america and new what japan was in for if it declared war on the united states, and he told the prime minister, i can guarantee a tough fight for the first six months but i have no confidence as to what will happen after that. it's important to understand that yamamoto was a gambler. he loved to play games of chance. he played billiards,
. >> john go hagen recalls the failed japanese attempt to bomb new york city and washington, dc after pearl harbor. >> i'm john go hagen and i'd like to start the presentation with a question. does anybody in the audience tonight know who this is? say that again? >> yamamoto. the commander-in-chief of the japanese nave, and thard miller was a fascinating guy for those who don't know him. he lived in the united states twice during his naval career. he spoke pretty good english....
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holocaust museum in washington d.c., and that attack killed one guard. then in november a major in the u.s. army and the muslims american side to it -- psychiatrist went on a shooting rampage in fort hood in taxes in that attack killed 12 persons and left 31 wounded. more incidents followed in 2010. february a professor but the name of joseph stepped slammed his private plane into a building in austin texas, which contained offices of the internal revenue service. a lone wolf terrorism is not confined to the united states. for instance, in july of 2011 a bombing was carried out and subsequent shooting spree in norway. more recently, august of last year, and neo-nazi skinhead by the name of weight michael pace fatally shot six persons at a temple and wisconsin. so the frequency of these lone wolf attacks indicates a shift in the nature of terrorism from organized groups to unaffiliated individuals. so today and going to talk about this loan will for leaderless resistance trend. what is a leaderless resistance? well, in essence it involves a kind of low mo
holocaust museum in washington d.c., and that attack killed one guard. then in november a major in the u.s. army and the muslims american side to it -- psychiatrist went on a shooting rampage in fort hood in taxes in that attack killed 12 persons and left 31 wounded. more incidents followed in 2010. february a professor but the name of joseph stepped slammed his private plane into a building in austin texas, which contained offices of the internal revenue service. a lone wolf terrorism is not...
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when i was at the mlr be in washington tend, i wanted to go into the batting cage. there were no batting cages and wash it in. there were no baseball fields. so that's an important factor which i talk about in the book. another factor as well as the fact that colleges have become the avenue for more than 50% of players going into the professional ring. colleges only give a small number of scholarships for baseball is supposed to football and basketball. baseball completers of baseball say perhaps are not interested in baseball. they're interested in football and basketball. well, there's 80 scholarships for folk law and needs a complete free ride and the poor kid, the kid who is more likely to be black and half athletic ability and a number of sports is going to choose that sport and not a small. there are no full scholarships in baseball. the reason is because you don't have comparable revenues. well, that we have to overcome. just regard to redness words, where women were denied full scholarships in their sport. so we cannot track as well as wade into the game who
when i was at the mlr be in washington tend, i wanted to go into the batting cage. there were no batting cages and wash it in. there were no baseball fields. so that's an important factor which i talk about in the book. another factor as well as the fact that colleges have become the avenue for more than 50% of players going into the professional ring. colleges only give a small number of scholarships for baseball is supposed to football and basketball. baseball completers of baseball say...
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bill clinton and nobel peace prize winner talk about the 20th anniversary of the holocaust museum in washington d.c. at 1:30 p.m. eastern. at 8:30 from houston and national rifle association's annual meeting with an rea executive chris bosh and flush robespierre on c-span2's booktv, your questions for the world turned upside down author of the money phillips, in depth live sunday at noon eastern and at 6:00 booktv in london, politics, war, history, religion and culture as we start a 12 week series which british others and on c-span2 they 1963 birmingham raise riots, part of american history tv tonight at 8:00. >> sports columnist for the nation -- dave zirin of "the nation" talks about his thoughts on sports. the essays range from soccer riots in egypt and the nfl lockdown to the inner workings of the n.c.a.a.. >> it is great to be here, i know that there are binders full of writers who want to speak here so i am happy to be asked if the mitt romney jokes are over. the book is called "game over: how politics has turned the sports world upside-down". before i start a want to say something very b
bill clinton and nobel peace prize winner talk about the 20th anniversary of the holocaust museum in washington d.c. at 1:30 p.m. eastern. at 8:30 from houston and national rifle association's annual meeting with an rea executive chris bosh and flush robespierre on c-span2's booktv, your questions for the world turned upside down author of the money phillips, in depth live sunday at noon eastern and at 6:00 booktv in london, politics, war, history, religion and culture as we start a 12 week...
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they were not in favor of the secession of south carolina, and she loved her years in washington, and she loved observing and writing about all of the fascinating people she met there, and when her husband resigned his senate seat, she wrote, i do not at all resign, came home, had to leave washington, and then they were in the thick of it. her husband helped draft the confederate constitution. he was in richmond as an aid camp to jefferson davis. she was one of davis' closest friends, so she saw all of the politics and the certainly conflict of a newly formed nation that was totally unprepared to do what it did, and, of course, failed. she saw that they had no army. they had no currency. they had no structure. they were completely -- they were fool hardy to do this, and she stayed there in the hotel where the evenings were filled with the comings and going of the famous generals and famous military leaders, and she was constraintly writing down everything she heard them say and everything her husband told her when he came home so she could see the inner turmoil of what was going on as
they were not in favor of the secession of south carolina, and she loved her years in washington, and she loved observing and writing about all of the fascinating people she met there, and when her husband resigned his senate seat, she wrote, i do not at all resign, came home, had to leave washington, and then they were in the thick of it. her husband helped draft the confederate constitution. he was in richmond as an aid camp to jefferson davis. she was one of davis' closest friends, so she...
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within months they were mounting huge demonstrations in washington d.c. and set to work organizing what eventually became 1000 regularly made in local groups in states across the united states. by 2010, the mainstream media took were noticed because their effect in the dynamics of republican primaries, bringing marco rivera to a victory over the previous establishment candidate charlie crist. they made in the massachusetts special election decided scott brown who shot the democratic card in my one-party state and by november 2010, the tea party was massive gop that the how these are much more conservative republicans. we all know they push those republicans to refuse compromise with the obama administration throughout 2011 and push for big cuts and changes in national policy. and we see tea party funders weighing in during the course of the 2012 primaries in a way that i'll discuss at the end of my remarks. having reminded you go of that huge phenomenon that changed the focus of national debates and created a lot of new energy on the formerly dejected rig
within months they were mounting huge demonstrations in washington d.c. and set to work organizing what eventually became 1000 regularly made in local groups in states across the united states. by 2010, the mainstream media took were noticed because their effect in the dynamics of republican primaries, bringing marco rivera to a victory over the previous establishment candidate charlie crist. they made in the massachusetts special election decided scott brown who shot the democratic card in my...
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be used to be the most powerful lobby in washington d.c.. the tobacco institute was a stone's throw you could stand on the roof of the tobacco lobby and hit the white house. that has been disbanded by the loss so they are no longer allowed to lobby and the same way with the same energy they use to. there were 10 senators that appeared in tobacco ads in the '20s and '30s. that has disappeared but they have an enormous political force. they are able to attack the plain packaging law in australia, the free trade bill used as an instrument to punish any renegade country that wants to come out strongly against tobacco. they have a tremendous war chest with a profit so high. if you put 10,000 the lot more stock in 1958 it is worth $50 million today. it is the most powerful company in the world $150 billion company philip morris international. it is very powerful their printing money because the cigarette paper wrapped in paper so you they use the war chest from litigation that is why we still smoke 6 trillion cigarettes which by the way 6 trillion
be used to be the most powerful lobby in washington d.c.. the tobacco institute was a stone's throw you could stand on the roof of the tobacco lobby and hit the white house. that has been disbanded by the loss so they are no longer allowed to lobby and the same way with the same energy they use to. there were 10 senators that appeared in tobacco ads in the '20s and '30s. that has disappeared but they have an enormous political force. they are able to attack the plain packaging law in australia,...
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and imagine that happening in washington. in any case, reimagining it was reimagining health equity. why would you have a university as there is no university text that is exactly the point. you don't think the people in the city want the university? and then there came all the partnerships which moved me deeply. the stories that move to you deeply too, the stories from all of the world the routes and we would like to help. yes it was chaotic and there were problems but i'm just talking about the citizenry particularly of this country, corporations who i've barely heard of him and said we will build your i.t. that bond, that was hewlett-packard. and on and on it went and some of the most wonderful things of all, working with building. there wasn't that capacity to design and build but there were a lot of people who wanted to learn how to build. they wanted to learn from master carpenter's and master electricians master plumbers. it was the largest hospital in the developing world today and not only were -- not only was money
and imagine that happening in washington. in any case, reimagining it was reimagining health equity. why would you have a university as there is no university text that is exactly the point. you don't think the people in the city want the university? and then there came all the partnerships which moved me deeply. the stories that move to you deeply too, the stories from all of the world the routes and we would like to help. yes it was chaotic and there were problems but i'm just talking about...
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gas resources in the whether in offshore alaska that is a tremendously high octane political issue in washington and has been for years. it is vital national security for these resources to be developed and such little change, the price of gas at the pump for the american consumer. so a lot of these debates that are powerful have been not between the arctic states but actually within them in the politics. >> what about private investments in the arctic? >> that's going up very, very quickly. in the oil and gas companies around what it may be for them to invest if you look at the russian arcia deal man the last 18 months where the companies are looking to invest in the russian arctic and the government is very keen to allow those companies to come in to invest and to develop oil and gas resources. the figures bandied around are very large. there was one a quote from vladimir putin i think he used a figure of four or $5 billion over a period of decades so there are potentially very big numbers in terms of money to be invested and of course, if that comes off that is bound to change the economic im
gas resources in the whether in offshore alaska that is a tremendously high octane political issue in washington and has been for years. it is vital national security for these resources to be developed and such little change, the price of gas at the pump for the american consumer. so a lot of these debates that are powerful have been not between the arctic states but actually within them in the politics. >> what about private investments in the arctic? >> that's going up very, very...
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we've heard that decades ago when washington tried toawashind regulate sugar and salt as welle the playing field is not level. in the absence of government gon intervention, what we have is incredibly big credibly smart iy companies running tens of billions of dollars every year, not to to contest was products w on a but more and more, so much of it targeting is aimed at children. these are children who no longer get home economics in school. girls and boys used to be taughs how to cook and eat nutritionally aware. that fell by the wayside. and so kids are exposed to not and ing any better and that is the picture that i think you have to grapple with when youthi are weighing sort of this when independent and good governmentd intervention.t: do yo eat >> do you eat any processed foods? >> oh, my goodness, my wife works outside the home. not a week goes by when we come home and have to go in the home freezer anand pull out somethin because it is 7:00 p.m. and we haven't thought about what we're having for dinner. p.m., and nner.now, that being said, we are trying. with our boys, for example,
we've heard that decades ago when washington tried toawashind regulate sugar and salt as welle the playing field is not level. in the absence of government gon intervention, what we have is incredibly big credibly smart iy companies running tens of billions of dollars every year, not to to contest was products w on a but more and more, so much of it targeting is aimed at children. these are children who no longer get home economics in school. girls and boys used to be taughs how to cook and eat...
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a year before that it was a law firm in washington. then i can find you every year for the last five years. so at some point the employers and happens because of the pressures of the model itself. the of the senate is going to happen, and i come back to where i started, which is the students who really pressured me to write the book, students in my course, never did because frankly i could not find anything that i thought was a kind of balanced and comprehensive treatment of the profession. and it may surprise you to know that actually, most of my former students still go on to law school. so it is now like am talking about anything. but i think they feel better armed to do it, and the one thing that is coming clear to me from that group and from the experience of now six years of teaching that group, that generation, is that they are taking a really hard look as some of the things that we come my, my generation of baby boomers have done, and they don't like what they see. and so i think increasingly, more and more of them will vote wi
a year before that it was a law firm in washington. then i can find you every year for the last five years. so at some point the employers and happens because of the pressures of the model itself. the of the senate is going to happen, and i come back to where i started, which is the students who really pressured me to write the book, students in my course, never did because frankly i could not find anything that i thought was a kind of balanced and comprehensive treatment of the profession. and...
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the march in washington he wasn't yelling at these eight clergyman who had made, walker said to me, his cup of endurance run over. he wanted a civil rights bill. he didn't want to chastise american namely, because suddenly interracial groups were being that some as a result of birmingham. there were big demonstrations that were a run up to the march in washington, in los angeles, in detroit and chicago. so the clergy, not a clergy here, although one or two of them were perhaps overtime responded, but the rabbis and catholic priests and protestant ministers who were joining in. so king didn't want to kind of get in the face because he was welcoming those allies, but still the toughness is very much there. >> yes, i guess what you're saying him you haven't gotten any pushback for turning king into jeremiah wright. i'm just kidding, i'm just kidding. >> it's a great question because people come here, when my last book came out, there was a column on jeremiah wright in which he quoted by the word of the lord is upon me. he quoted jeremiah wright is not martin luther king. we're not turning
the march in washington he wasn't yelling at these eight clergyman who had made, walker said to me, his cup of endurance run over. he wanted a civil rights bill. he didn't want to chastise american namely, because suddenly interracial groups were being that some as a result of birmingham. there were big demonstrations that were a run up to the march in washington, in los angeles, in detroit and chicago. so the clergy, not a clergy here, although one or two of them were perhaps overtime...
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. >> when you look at the situation in washington now how do you feel, are you optimistic, do you have the wherewithal, the will? >> at the moment, no we have amassed. there's a stigma about democracy that is the worst possible system that have been tried. right now that democracy is at a low point that we seem to have worked ourselves into an absolute standstill. i'm optimistic in the sense that i presume sooner or later we will get over it. right now it is a grim prospect. >> the final chapter in your book you call it having it all. you write in optimistic upbeat terms about your ability to have done that throughout your life. if you were giving advice to a young woman to be starting out on a career path sort of like yours, imagine that, and she wanted to take some cues from that, would you say? >> you can't possibly forecast how your life is going to turn out? i'm not very sure that many men who make life plans but nowadays the notion of getting on one path and sticking to eight is less and less. if you ask young people do you expect to work for one company with same field of their
. >> when you look at the situation in washington now how do you feel, are you optimistic, do you have the wherewithal, the will? >> at the moment, no we have amassed. there's a stigma about democracy that is the worst possible system that have been tried. right now that democracy is at a low point that we seem to have worked ourselves into an absolute standstill. i'm optimistic in the sense that i presume sooner or later we will get over it. right now it is a grim prospect....
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we are much more interested in doing activist work in washington. bob was a very liberal congressman. so i have a checkered career. i came out of politics and history and economics and i have written this book. i should say that i'm really pleased to be here. it's a small bookstore that has a backbone in america. >> this book is part of the title. the question is what is facing the country in what must we do. that is a question that a lot of people are being asked for themselves around the country. i wrote this book in a strange way. and some of you know, i wrote a very long book about the. my wife teases me. five years, 10 years, that kind of thing. in what became the basis of this book for a long time. ..
we are much more interested in doing activist work in washington. bob was a very liberal congressman. so i have a checkered career. i came out of politics and history and economics and i have written this book. i should say that i'm really pleased to be here. it's a small bookstore that has a backbone in america. >> this book is part of the title. the question is what is facing the country in what must we do. that is a question that a lot of people are being asked for themselves around...